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SUMMARY:Miesha And The Spanks + Francis Baptiste
DESCRIPTION:Vancouver Independent Music Centre Society (VIM) presents: \nMIESHA AND THE SPANKS  \nwith Francis Baptiste  \nThursday\, November 5\, 2026\n8 pm\, doors at 7 pm\nFox Cabaret\n2321 Main Street\, Vancouver \nThis Concert takes place on the traditional and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam)\, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish)\, and səl̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples. \nAbout the show  \nPoetic\, leather-jacked and wicked\, the Calgary-based garage rock duo\, Miesha and the Spanks will grace the\nstage of the Fox Cabaret along with Vancouver singer-songwriter Francis Baptiste on Thursday\, November 5\,\nbrought together by VIM curator\, programmer\, musician and community organizer Rob Thomson (Haida). \nAbout Miesha And The Spanks \nSinger/guitarist and beloved fixture on the vast global musical landscape\, front-woman Miesha Louie is the\ndriving force behind Miesha and The Spanks\, supported by her psychic counterpart\, percussionist\,\naccomplished singer/ songwriter Sean Hamilton — intuitively punctuating her soulful choruses with a pounding\nintensity that elevates heart rates and ceiling rafters.\nA mixed-Secwépemc artist living in Treaty 7 Territory\, Miesha is devoted to inventing and playing instrumentally\nbrilliant melodies that unleash her passions and full-throated vocal tones. With a serious dose of spirit and\ncharisma\, Miesha makes every song resonate with her own jagged signature. \nTheir latest album “Unconditional Love In Hi-Fi” was released on Mint Records\,\nand took them across Canada and into the US\, UK\, Germany\, Sweden\, and Poland.\nPerfectly frank\, Miesha and the Spanks don’t shy away from\nthe darkness. With a dark sense of humour and a serious howl\, nothing is beyond their grasp. \n\nhttps://mieshaandthespanks.net/ \nAbout Francis Baptiste \nDescribed by CBC as “unsparingly candid” and “lushly hypnotic”\, Syilx songwriter\, Francis Baptiste covers\ntopics of cultural reclamation\, addiction\, and fatherhood. In 2022 he released his debut album\, Sneqsilx\n(Family) [Snek-silx]\, an album that features songs sung in his native language Nsyilxcən [ne-see-ilk-chen]\, the\nendangered language of the Syilx [see-ilks] people. The 10-song album was his effort to preserve and connect\nwith his heritage. In 2024\, Baptiste released his second album\, Senklip\, the Trickster. The 10 new tracks\ncovered topics like Oral Traditions\, the struggles of being a recovering addict and a father simultaneously\, and\nintergenerational trauma. \nHis new album\, Lived Experience in East Vancouver\, was released in 2025 and focuses solely on his battle\nwith addiction. Currently\, Baptiste works in the Downtown Eastside for a men’s health organization called the\nDUDES Club (https://dudesclub.ca/). \n \nhttps://www.francisbaptiste.ca/
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LOCATION:Fox Cabaret\, 2321 Main St\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V5T 3C9\, Canada
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